Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 407 · 40 questions

Artist's tip (Two make one): Primary colours: red, yellow, blue — they cannot be mixed from other paints. Secondary colours: orange = red + yellow, green = blue + yellow, purple = red + blue. To find a missing colour, ask: which two primaries are inside this secondary colour?

1. 1.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
5. 5.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours
7. 7.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
10. 10.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
11. 11.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
14. 14.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
18. 18.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
24. 24.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
26. 26.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
30. 30.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
32. 32.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
33. 33.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
38. 38.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours
39. 39.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
40. 40.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

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